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  1. Brock Beauchamp
    That's a bad precedent to use for decision-making. Santana is an outlier and should be viewed as such (which Ryan does, as evidenced by his comments in the handbook). Vargas had recent success, though not in the weeks preceding his promotion. His 2014 MiLB OPS was .832. Rosario is an entirely different situation. He hasn't hit since the middle of 2013. That's an eon ago in prospect terms. Let him get his feet under him in the minors before promoting a guy who hasn't been able to shake off the rust since his suspension. Rosario's numbers since his 2013 promotion to AA: 2013 AA: .742 2014: A+: .682 2014 AA: .672 2014 AFL: .755 Is that a guy you really want to promote right now?
  2. Brock Beauchamp
    When he was originally promoted, Aaron Hicks had more recent success in MiLB than Rosario has had in MiLB in the past 18 months. Let's not repeat the Aaron Hicks situation.
  3. Brock Beauchamp
    Rosario is not ready for MLB. He needs to prove he can hit AA, AAA, or even AFL pitching first. He hasn't posted an OPS significantly north of .750 since the first half of 2013.
  4. Brock Beauchamp
    Eh, I think he does enough right and showed enough potential last season that he deserves to be kept around for at least the beginning of 2015. And given the continued collapse of Hicks, it's not as if he's blocking anyone at this point.
  5. Brock Beauchamp
    As a fourth outfielder, Scafer is just fine. The problem is when you rely on someone of his ilk for more than a platoon/bench role. He has the tools to do what you need from a bench guy: he runs fast, plays acceptable defense, and can fill several roles late in the game.
  6. Brock Beauchamp
    Tables cannot be pasted into the blogs at this point. I've tried to get the BBCode working on them multiple times but for some reason, it just won't take. I haven't had time to sit down and sort it out properly.
  7. Brock Beauchamp
    At this point, Joe should start shouting "MAUER CHEV" repeatedly every time a mic is in his face. It'd be an improvement over his current strategy. I don't doubt his fire, commitment, or anything about him as a person but damn, he's kinda daft in the public relations department.
  8. Brock Beauchamp
    Joe doesn't need an attitude adjustment. Joe needs Paul to explain how to interact with the public. There's nothing wrong with Joe's attitude, he's just lousy at showing what the public wants to see (fire, grit, and all that other stuff that's mostly nonsense).
  9. Brock Beauchamp
    Anyone else find it curious that two different pitchers talked about how Molitor told them they were tipping pitches? That's a plus for Molitor and kind of damning to the rest of the coaching staff. Molitor was a roving instructor. It seems to me that he shouldn't be the one catching tipped pitches and correcting the issue.
  10. Brock Beauchamp
    Because it's possible they made up their mind a week ago and spent the past seven days negotiating terms? Or maybe Meatsauce just guessed and got it right. It wasn't hard, as there were only two candidates.
  11. Brock Beauchamp
    Well, Terry Ryan's reputation within baseball circles is that he's a master of deception. Or maybe you're just overly cynical.
  12. Brock Beauchamp
    The more I read about Mientkiewicz during the hiring process, the more I agreed with this thinking.
  13. Brock Beauchamp
    Bruno deserves the hitting coach job and I think he'll be back. That's the right decision. As for pitching coach, I'm more torn. I like Cuellar but I wouldn't mind seeing outside thinking, either.
  14. Brock Beauchamp
    The cynicism of the Twins fan base is disheartening. Do some of you really believe Lovullo got a second interview and regular contact with the FO if they weren't legitimately considering him for the position? What is the end game of Ryan in that move? If he honestly cared what cynics think about him, he wouldn't hire Molitor. It makes no sense to go through all that effort to vet an outside guy to "appease a fanbase" and then turn around and hire the "insider" that fanbase was skeptical about in the first place. For right or wrong, Ryan thinks Molitor is the best guy for the job. I happen to like Molitor but also believe that most managers don't have a ton of in-game impact so overall, it's not an earth-shattering decision to me. Molitor is an interesting candidate and better than Mientkiewicz, who seems to shun any kind of outside thinking and feels "rub some dirt on it and walk it off" is the way to play 21st century baseball. I also was on board with hiring Lovullo.
  15. Brock Beauchamp
    I think we now understand why the Twins didn't pursue Maddon past a phone call. This sounds dangerously close to collusion on the Cubs' part. I completely get why the Cubs wanted Maddon and why Maddon wanted the Cubs, I just hope they did it above board because if I was a Rays fan, I'd be livid right now.
  16. Brock Beauchamp
    Doogie tweeted that the Twins have talked with Maddon, for whatever that's worth. (not a swipe at Doogie - far from it - just pointed out the vague nature of the tweet)
  17. Brock Beauchamp
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  18. Brock Beauchamp
    Yep. Hey, maybe the Twins can move Mauer's contract to one of the teams willing to take on that kind of money. There is also a chance that Terry Ryan will be struck by lightning four times in the next 15 minutes. Suggesting that the nearly impossible - though technically feasible - might happen is a pointless endeavor. Mauer isn't going to get traded for several reasons. Combine all those reasons together and we're looking at a situation where it borders on the unbelievable that he will be traded so why bother suggesting it at all?
  19. Brock Beauchamp
    There is a lot of conjecture in your opinion and more than a healthy dose of skepticism. What did you expect Ryan to say within a couple of hours of Maddon's opt-out? Terry doesn't know if Joe even wants the Twins job. Openly stating that he wants to hire him burns all sorts of bridges with the current candidates and would be terribly irresponsible. "Doing due diligence" is nothing more than PR-speak, which is exactly what Ryan should have been doing at that point. There is no upside to coming out with a pro-Maddon stance and a lot of downside if Joe isn't interested in the job or if his terms are unreasonable (which is entirely a matter of opinion, I think Maddon is worth a boatload of money).
  20. Brock Beauchamp
    Mauer has a no-trade clause. Mauer is coming off the worst year of his career. Mauer is owed roughly $100m on his contract. Mauer cannot and will not be traded.
  21. Brock Beauchamp
    There's really nothing else Ryan can say at this point. He can't talk up Maddon because then if you don't get him, you look foolish. You also piss off your other candidates. You can't talk him down because you might want him. Nothing is known about Joe's options or desires at this point so one stays vague in a CYA mode. Talk to Maddon and go from there. No point in giving the press ammunition at this point.
  22. Brock Beauchamp
    Think about what you just said for a moment. "once Maddon is hired by the Dodgers or Cubs" Pretend you're Joe Maddon for a second. Under what situation would you choose the Twins over the Dodgers or Cubs? Let's check the options: - You can choose beautiful LA, which is baseball crazy and has a payroll roughly equivalent to the GDP of Spain - You can choose Chicago, which is even more baseball crazy and has a fantastic farm system, smart ownership, and you'd be a golden god if you brought a championship to Wrigley Field - You can choose Minnesota, which has a great farm system, kinda mostly likes baseball when the Vikings aren't playing, and has a pretty sweet stadium when it's not snowing Makes the choice pretty easy. If the Dodgers or Cubs open their managerial position, I don't see the Twins nabbing Maddon if they back up a Brinks truck and promise him half of Edina.
  23. Brock Beauchamp
    Fair enough.
  24. Brock Beauchamp
    I don't see how Molitor could be labeled as bull-headed. He has shown a knack and openness to altering his strategy to improve results throughout his career, both on the field and in the dugout.
  25. Brock Beauchamp
    All things being equal, I can't see Maddon taking the Twins job if the Cubs job is also open. What person in their right mind would turn down the current Cubs managerial position if offered it?
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